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(i) Write the scientific names of the two species of filarial worms causing filariasis. (ii) How do they affect the body of infected persons(s)? (iii) How does the disease spread? |
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Answer» (i) Filarial worms species. 1. Wuchereria bancrofti, 2. Wucheria Malayai. (i) They normally affect the lymph vessels of the lower limbs causing them to swell like that of an elephant , hence called elephantiasis. (iii) The diasease spreads through Female Culex mosquito which is the vector . The pathogens are treansmitted to a healthy person through the bite by the female mosquito vectors. |
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